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  • Parents vent charter school frustrations after many students retained Play Video

    June 11, 2019 11:13 PM

    BAKER - Angry parents spoke their minds Tuesday evening at a public feedback meeting held at Advantage Charter Academy. Three weeks ago, the parents of about 100 students were notified they would be retained but the school quickly reversed their decision. Many students had passed their classes but had... more »
  • Witness: 'Body pieces were thrown everywhere' in Biloxi charter bus crash

    March 7, 2017 4:19 PM

    BILOXI - A witness says the conductor of a freight train was slowing down and trying to stop before colliding with a charter bus, but still slammed into it. Four people were killed and more than three dozen injured in the Tuesday afternoon collision in Biloxi, Mississippi. Biloxi native Mark... more »
  • Appeal ruling affects funding for over 30 charter schools

    January 10, 2017 4:22 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A state appeal court ruling could endanger the funding of more than 30 of Louisiana's 150 public charter schools. The schools in question were all granted charters by Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. But they were funded through a state education formula that distributes... more »
  • School systems concerned about nonprofits authorizing charter schools Play Video

    January 7, 2016 4:22 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Several school systems in the Baton Rouge region are speaking out against the possibility of a nonprofit having authority to approve charter schools. New Schools for Baton Rouge, a local nonprofit, applied for authority to approve charter schools with the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.... more »
  • National group suspends LSU Sigma Chi charter

    December 11, 2015 4:18 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The international Sigma Chi fraternity suspended the charter of its LSU chapter Friday due to hazing and substance abuse uncovered after an investigation into the frat's activities. The investigation began after an Oct. 17 incident involving drugs and hazing at the Gamma Iota chapter house, according... more »
  • BESE BOARD APPROVES TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR EBR PARISH

    December 2, 2015 4:56 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education gave the final approval for two charter schools for the parish at a meeting on Wednesday. The President of BESE, Chas Roemer told News Two that most of the discussion happened at a committee meeting Tuesday. The vote... more »
  • Power outage to end charter school classes early

    November 5, 2015 1:44 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Administrators at a Baton Rouge charter school said a power outage forced them to end classes early and call parents to pick up their children Thursday. Director Diana Haynes of JK Haynes Elementary said the outage was expected to last through the rest of the school... more »

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